Carol Schneider of Wausau, Wisconsin, shared this recipe for a chocolate-chip cookie with dried cherries and both white and dark chocolate.

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened

1 1/3cups granulated sugar

2/3cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 1/2teaspoons vanilla

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups dried tart cherries

1 1/2cups chopped walnuts

1 1/2cups semisweet chocolate pieces

1 cup white baking pieces

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer 30 seconds. Add sugars, soda and salt. Beat until combined.

Beat in the eggs and vanilla until mixture is smooth. Using the mixer, beat in as much of the flour as you can. Stir in remaining flour by hand. Stir in cherries, nuts, chocolate and white baking pieces. (Dough will be stiff.)